Integrating location information in a fire control system

Abstract

Integrating location information in a fire control system is described herein. One device includes a memory, and a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to receive, from a database external to the fire control system, a graphical representation of a facility and location information associated with a number of components of the fire control system that indicates a location of each respective component in the facility, integrate the location information associated with each respective component of the fire control system in the graphical representation of the facility such that the graphical representation includes a representation of each respective component at a location in the graphical representation that corresponds to the location of that component in the facility, and display, in a user interface, the graphical representation of the facility with the location information associated with each respective component of the fire control system integrated therein.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A computing device for a fire control system, comprising:
 a memory; and 
 a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to:
 receive, from a database external to the fire control system:
 a graphical representation of a facility; and 
 type information associated with a number of components of the fire control system, wherein:
 the number of components include a number of different types of components including sensors, alarms, fans, dampers, and sprinklers; and 
 the type information associated with each respective component indicates which type of the number of different types of components that component is; 
 
 wherein the database is a database of an architectural modeling system; 
 
 integrate the type information associated with each respective component of the fire control system in the graphical representation of the facility such that:
 the graphical representation includes a representation of each respective component; and 
 the graphical representation includes a representation of which type of the number of different types of components each respective component is in the graphical representation; and 
 
 display, on a user interface of the computing device, the graphical representation of the facility with the type information associated with each respective component of the fire control system integrated therein. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to receive, from the database external to the fire control system, location information associated with the number of components of the fire control system, wherein the location information associated with each respective component indicates a location of that component in the facility. 
     
     
       3. The computing device of  claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to integrate the location information associated with each respective component of the fire control system in the graphical representation of the facility such that a location of the representation of each respective component in the graphical representation corresponds to the location of that component in the facility. 
     
     
       4. The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to send an instruction to a group of the number of components of the fire control system based on the type information associated with the components of the group. 
     
     
       5. The computing device of  claim 4 , wherein the group of the number of components of the fire control system comprises all components of the fire control system of a same type of the number of different types of components. 
     
     
       6. The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to send the graphical representation of the facility with the type information associated with each respective component of the fire control system integrated therein to a computing device of a system external to the fire control system. 
     
     
       7. The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein a visual appearance of the representation of each respective component in the graphical representation of the facility corresponds to the type of that component. 
     
     
       8. A method of operating a computing device for a fire control system, comprising:
 receiving, from a database of an architectural modeling system external to the fire control system:
 a graphical representation of a facility; 
 location information associated with a number of components of the fire control system, wherein the location information associated with each respective component indicates a location of that component in the facility; and 
 type information associated with the number of components of the fire control system, wherein:
 the number of components include a number of different types of components including sensors, alarms, fans, dampers, and sprinklers; and 
 the type information associated with each respective component indicates which type of the number of different types of components that component is; 
 
 
 integrating the location information and type information associated with each respective component of the fire control system in the graphical representation of the facility such that:
 the graphical representation includes a representation of each respective component; 
 the graphical representation includes a representation of which type of the number of different types of components each respective component is in the graphical representation; and 
 a location of the representation of each respective component in the graphical representation corresponds to the location of that component in the facility; and 
 
 displaying the graphical representation of the facility with the location information and type information associated with each respective component of the fire control system integrated therein on a user interface of the computing device. 
 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 8 , wherein the method includes displaying the graphical representation of the facility with the location information and type information associated with each respective component of the fire control system integrated therein to a user of the computing device by displaying the graphical representation on the user interface. 
     
     
       10. The method of  claim 8 , wherein the architectural modeling system external to the fire control system is remote from the facility. 
     
     
       11. The method of  claim 8 , wherein the architectural modeling system is a building information modeling (BIM) system. 
     
     
       12. The method of  claim 8 , wherein the method includes integrating address information associated with each respective component of the fire control system in the graphical representation of the facility such that the graphical representation includes a representation of the address information associated with each respective component. 
     
     
       13. The method of  claim 8 , wherein the method includes integrating a label associated with each respective component of the fire control system in the graphical representation of the facility such that the graphical representation includes a representation of the label associated with each respective component. 
     
     
       14. A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon that are executable by a processor to:
 receive, from a database external to a fire control system:
 a graphical representation of a facility; 
 location information associated with a number of components of the fire control system, wherein the location information associated with each respective component indicates a location of that component in the facility; and 
 type information associated with the number of components of the fire control system, wherein:
 the number of components include a number of different types of components including sensors, alarms, fans, dampers, and sprinklers; and 
 the type information associated with each respective component indicates which type of the number of different types of components that component is; 
 
 wherein the database is a database of an architectural modeling system; 
 
 integrate the location information and type information associated with each respective component of the fire control system in the graphical representation of the facility such that:
 the graphical representation includes a representation of each respective component and which type of the number of different types of components each respective component is; and 
 a location of the representation of each respective component in the graphical representation corresponds to the location of that component in the facility; and 
 
 display the graphical representation of the facility with the location information and type information associated with each respective component of the fire control system integrated therein on a user interface. 
 
     
     
       15. The computer readable medium of  claim 14 , wherein the location information and type information associated with the number of components of the fire control system in the database is received from the number of components. 
     
     
       16. The computer readable medium of  claim 14 , wherein the location information and type information associated with the number of components is in a building information modeling (BIM) format in the database. 
     
     
       17. The computer readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the BIM format is an Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) format. 
     
     
       18. The computer readable medium of  claim 14 , wherein the database is a building information modeling (BIM) database. 
     
     
       19. The computer readable medium of  claim 14 , wherein the representation of which type of the number of different types of components each respective component is in the graphical representation of the facility is an icon having a visual appearance of which type of the number of different types of components that respective component is.